Short throw shifter on a budget

[tylerjacobsen85]

I got my hands on a incomplete C's short throw shifter kit with a front clip. I haven't been able to find parts to complete it.

I decided to take madders in to my own hand by fabricating my own parts. I started off buying a w58 shifting retainer for 15 bucks shipped to my door. I then started cutting and grinding.

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The top half of the shifter is missing so it was too short to test out. So.... I made one out of some fire wood. :naughty:

It shifts awesome, It turned out way better then I though it would. What do you guys think?

 

[Vector89T]

Hey, if it feels good, do it.

Just watch out for splinters in the fire wood.

 

[enjoi.this]

Is that hard wood!? no way...
nice fab work eh

 

[SupraOfDoom]

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[gaboonviper85]

i have a long hard piece of wood you can wrap your hand around......

 

[Keros]

I was skeptical at first.

But that was halarious. Nice work.

 

[tylerjacobsen85]

i have a long hard piece of wood you can wrap your hand around......

Ill have to pass, maybe you should ask a girl to do that, just a thought.



Im not going to have the wood shifter for long, I just put it on to test it.

 

[kotu100]

sooo, theoretically, you could do this with a stock shifter if you just cut/weld to extend the bottom part?


and i just gave away my extra shifter too...

 

[tylerjacobsen85]

sooo, theoretically, you could do this with a stock shifter if you just cut/weld to extend the bottom part?


and i just gave away my extra shifter too...

Ya i guess you could do that. I did it this way because it was cheap and I don't have a welder for aluminum. So I stacked the retainers. I think im going to call it the short throw stacker.

I was skeptical at first.

But that was halarious. Nice work.

Thanks for the comment man

 

[NashMan]

the only down fall is if it does not sink in well you can mess stuff up over time and were stuff out aka extetin the shift rod and cheax stuff apart

i took apart 2 trannies maken mine to get the right setup

 

[viper92086]

sooo, theoretically, you could do this with a stock shifter if you just cut/weld to extend the bottom part?


and i just gave away my extra shifter too...

i've done it, i made a thread on here a while back with pictures and everything. still using mine. its been awesome

 

[tylerjacobsen85]

the only down fall is if it does not sink in well you can mess stuff up over time and were stuff out aka extetin the shift rod and cheax stuff apart

i took apart 2 trannies maken mine to get the right setup

Im pretty sure that it will be ok, everything lined up and the length is good. Im going to take everything back apart and double check everything. Thanks for the concerns. Hopefully i won't have any problems.

 

[MOTOWNMKIII]

looks good Tyler!

 

[CajunKenny]

Luuuuckheeeee... (said in a Napoleon voice) :biglaugh:

Good job!